It'd be a good thing to know..
2006-10-23 09:37:03 · 9 answers · asked by x00sarin00x 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
In general not once a betta reaches full growth. This at about 1 year. Betta sold in stores are 6 months to a year old. Bettas do not gray, or fade in color as they age. Their color may change slightly, but it doesn't fade. Nor do their tails become more ragged.
Fading in color is a sign of poor health, or poor diet. Older bettas (2-3+ years after purchase) are more likely to get sick, and thus fade in color. Also failure to regularly clean the bettas bowl/tank, and over feeding will result in ammpnia posioning.
A ragged tail in often the result of fin rot. Which is generally caused by poor water conditions. Which is caused by failure to clean the tank/bowl regularly, and over feeding.
Ragged tails are the result of poor water conditions which result in fin rot, or fighting.
2006-10-23 10:10:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well, I don't quite know by looking at them, other than the size and condition of their fins.
However, a good place to start, is by knowing that the normal age for a Betta to be sold is around five years of age.
So, if your Betta was five when you bought him, and we'll say you've had him for three years here, then that would make him eight years old.
Yes, that is very old for a fish, but Betta's are also very long living fish, and have been known to live until atleast 12 years of age.
2006-10-24 05:58:51 · answer #2 · answered by xxtorturedinnocentsxx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can approximately judge by size but you have to learn to gauge it for yourself. obviously the length, but also they change in girth (height and width of their body) even if you maintain the same diet.
in some light-bodied non-marbled fish (i keep yellows and Cambodians - pink/white with red/dark pink fins), new color markings around the mouth and gills MAY appear as a betta gets older depending on their genes. (i've seen this occur on my black-skirt tetra too... his face was all silver, then he got kind of a black mustache last winter, now it goes most of the way around his mouth).
you can't really tack on a specific age to these things, but it's enough to make it painfully obvious how old a lot of the bettas are that the pet stores try to sell us. i love the mutts but some of them just look ancient.
2006-10-23 20:58:03 · answer #3 · answered by corin_li 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You really can't tell how old an adult Betta is by just looking.
2006-10-23 18:26:39 · answer #4 · answered by Rags to Riches 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Cut it in half and count the rings...
No, actually, I'm not sure...I just felt that someone had to answer in that way.
2006-10-23 20:36:59 · answer #5 · answered by Meaghan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
my mom's beta got some grayish tones to it's coloring before it went belly up. it was 5 when it went to fish heaven.
2006-10-23 16:41:46 · answer #6 · answered by J~ME 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is that possible?? I guess the more worn the tail, the older it is!
2006-10-23 16:45:26 · answer #7 · answered by Barak 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
whats that a cow lol
2006-10-23 16:39:23 · answer #8 · answered by iluvmypuppy 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
i dont no.
2006-10-23 20:20:54 · answer #9 · answered by Nicole S 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋